Senior Fundraising Officer (Contract)

Reporting To: Senior Corporate Partnership Manager

Location: Hybrid working, with a mix of home and minimum 1 day per week in West London office

Salary: 31,500 per annum. We aim to be transparent about remuneration at MHI. As a charitable organisation, salaries for this role are predetermined and not negotiable. Please consider the advertised salary before applying.

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week, inclusive of a daily 1 hour paid lunch

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays; Company electronic devices; Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme; Private health insurance after completion of probation; Eligibility for a Blue Light discount card.

Closing Date: 26th June 2026 at 5pm. We reserve the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of applicants.

Job Summary

Working closely with the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager, this role will support the delivery of high value corporate partnerships, including stewardship and engagement activities, as well as business development, identifying opportunities with aligned brands and up-coming charity of the year applications, to develop new corporate partnerships. The role is offered on a hybrid basis, with one day a week in the office in West London, and expectation to attend partner events where required. You will be a creative, organised and reliable individual, ideally with experience in a fundraising team, supporting corporate partnerships or community fundraising. An excellent communicator, able to manage your time effectively and build good working relationships, you will support the Income team to deliver and secure corporate partnerships, working with colleagues across the charity to identify opportunities for engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support with high value corporate partnerships, including the delivery of employee engagement activities and communications, fundraising events and challenges.
• Manage a portfolio of corporate partnerships, delivering first class stewardship and identifying and maximising opportunities for wider engagement.
• Support the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager to steward and engage partners and prospects, including thought leadership, communications, events, volunteering and fundraising activities.
• Support with business development, utilising Salesforce, Pearlfinders and LinkedIn to identify and track opportunities.
• Support the Senior Corporate Partnership Manager to create proposals, offers and presentations for new and existing partners.
• Support with challenge events, including fostering corporate participant journeys, organising cheer points, being familiar with various fundraising platforms, coordinating event logistics, resources, and post-event wrap-up reports.
• Support with stewardship of a select few high-value donors and ambassadors throughout their fundraising challenges, helping to deliver an engaging, bespoke and positive supporter experience.
• Manage team administration, including merchandise orders.
• Build excellent stakeholder relationships, keeping key contacts updated and ensuring partnership renewals.
• Work with Commissioned Partnerships and Trust and Foundations colleagues to identify cross and upsell opportunities.
• Work with the Marketing Communications team to promote challenge events, secure spaces and identify opportunities for our corporate partners to get involved.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience developing and managing corporate partnership relationships.
• Proven ability to write compelling, creative, and tailored partnership proposals.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including delivering pitches to external stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities.
• Flexibility to support at challenge events, office fundraisers and awareness campaign activities.
• Ability to contribute and help develop creative ideas for challenge events and awareness activities.
• Ability to work proactively and manage multiple partnership opportunities simultaneously.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience using CRM or database systems to manage partnerships and supporter information.
• Experience supporting or managing challenge event participant journeys.
• Experience reporting on partnership performance and impact.
• Ability to analyse partnership trends and identify growth opportunities.
• Experience working within the charity or not-for-profit sector.

This role is subject to eligibility to work in the UK, plus satisfactory background and reference checks.

We understand that AI is increasingly part of everyday life, and you might choose to use it when putting together your application. While AI can be a helpful tool, we ask that anything you submit reflects your own skills, experiences, and perspective. We value authenticity and integrity, and we want to see what you uniquely bring to our team and why our mission resonates with you personally.